The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-12
A SUMNER DAY STRIKE.
Ties Of Friendship xss'ely Broken
By n Practical Joke.
why q Constable ana Contractor
Refuse 10 saHe and Nod Pleas
anuy ~ Yhey Pass ~.

About t'Ae Office Of justice Of the
peace in ihe town Of NJ, there did,
once uron q time, assemble crowd
OF jelly fellows. Fret, there was the
Justice, four score and ten, but with
the instincts Of youth lingering with
remarkable tenacity. He would make
2:40 time for three blocks, AZ a mo-
ment's notice, TO see q fne looking
woman tackle street crossing, eepe.
cially II the street CHANGED to be some.
what muddy. Then there was the
Justices constable, a man CT distin.
guished appearance and dignity, whose
ssmi-bald head and flaming gray beard
led the beholder wild goose chase
In determining hie character. The
other members Of the party usually 10
be seen about the place were con.
tractor, whose occupation had been
ignominiousy nippsd by crue!
grand jury, two lawyers, a deputy
sheriff or two, and various aud sundry
parties who chose TO contribute their
presence.
The customary calling OF the party
In times OF dullness was TO tel yarns
s.d porp3trato prss.:cs, Jokes, the
former feature led by the Justice and
one oil tho lawyers, the latter by the
contractor, aided by the constable.
They were merciless, sometimes ex.
tending operations TO the venerable
Justice himself. 0Ge sultTy day In
September, just after the MONDAY
luncheon, when the stomach was
heavy aud his eyelids droopy, the con.
stable sat himself down upon chair
on the pavement and room wADdeT
Oh into dresmland. As the bTeezes
trified with his whiskers and carried
away on their willing shoulders the
ponderous snore which escaped at
short intervals from the elumberer,
the contractor came upon the scene.
Taking la the opportunity, he glided
to the stove, secured q handful OF SCOT
and applied II to the sleeper's face, at
the same time giving his victims nose
twist that brought him to his feet In
an Instant, wide awake and with .
heart boiling over with rage. The
contractor had lodged around q con-
yenient corner. The spectators were
lamb like la their innocence, aud be-
yoDd a lew excusable cass words. no
harm was done by the constable. He
washed the SCOT from bis face and 70.
turned 10 tbe pavement TO add 10 the
earnings OF bootblack. One shoe
was polished mp 10 degree OF
perfection which stamped the boy
as an artist, and the other was
planted for the brush. At this point
the contractor emerged liom his hid.
ing place, gave the box a vigorous
kick which sent II across the alley and
frightened the boy Into following L.,
but pad him tho uaual lee. Any one
who has ever been In the same u lsi.
ton can readily gauge the I've of thai
constable. He suffered aud stumbled
Ia his sscerness to properly condemn
the proceedings. Tnen he rose up,
seized a chair and wanted 20 brain the
contractor, but that individual had
sought refuge. In his fury, unmind.
ful oil what be was doing, the chsir
was hurled lar ont into the street, and
he sat down. Rather he attempted 10,
but the contractor had use for the
chair about this time, and the consia-
bic discovered the vacancy, displayed
remarkable athletic accomplishments
and fna'ls regained an upright pool.
ton. For time there vera symptoms
OF sn explosion, cuBs words fell fast
and furious from his lips, and friends
united 10 shield the contractor from
threatened violence. II was a ecane
Of complete uproar, which the cesual
spectator would mistake Tor n good
tiE ID riot Bat Tor thu arrival Of q
fquad Of policemen, with drawn clube,
there Ia 10 calculating the result
Bat tho victim Of the Joke has his
revenge. Az previously stated, the
contractors occupation wa, inteirupt.
ed by giand Jury, and since then he
has been playing the role Of n gentle.
man q leienre. A friend Of the con.
stable swors ont n warrant, charqln,
the contractor with vagrancy, aud Che
case csme IN Stiuiday before the ia,
,ice a. whoee oilics The "fookus" CO
CURED. On fcoount cf past .ayors
wherein ths ju tice got the best Of Oh,
prisoner In n horse awspping, he 10
ierred the matter b a neighbor iol
trial. i olmea ny tlis morning, At,
there ara 100 witnesses Summoned
among them the constable upon whom
tie Joke wGa pfactlo,d II Ia aaid ID,
evidence to sustain tho charge Ia over
whelming, and the contractor stands
dr q class ohsnoe oi going 10 the work
house for long t'Im.